If everyone is a member of a family,then our society should be our family.Is it true that people's attitudes are determined more by their immediate situation or surroundings than by society as a whole,as the speaker claimed?After weighing evidence,i found the assertion is not always correct.Because that individuals and a society are mutually dependent,the relationship between people and society is highly interlocked and related.First,it is usually what we see and hear every day that tend to change the way we think.As a highly advanced creature in the universe,we human beings always have the tendency to be sensitive to the things or surroundings.This is very easy to understand.Research has showed that intelligent people are more likely to hang out with intelligent people,and rich people are apt to live in a circle in which people are usually from higher class of the society.You probably heard of the law of attraction,i think the message it passes is that people with similar interests are more likely to be working together.From that point of view,i tend to agree with the speaker's assertion.Many examples can prove this.People are from various family and cultural background.Different people grew up in a different environment may form totally distinct view of the world.If someone grew up in a family that all the people in his or her family are artists,like painters.Without doubt,he or she may form an attitude or desire to become an artist just like his or her parents.Second,just like we have said that society is like a big family.Individuals and society as whole are mutually dependent.And that is to say that we can not judge whether society or immediate situation have more impact on people's attitude.Everyone has his or her own opinions and thoughts and,absolutely,different attitudes.In the less developed country where most people are poor or ill-bred,their society as whole becomes an ocean in which the water is not pure and clear.It is hard to imagine that the people there will have an positive attitude about life.In the contrary,people in a society where most people are educated and civilized.I believe that everyone there are polite and they will be more likely to hold a positive attitude.Ultimately,individuals who has extraordinary talents or power can have tremendous impact on society.Those people may not be someone that we can talk to face-to-face,but their impact on the society is invisibly marvelous.Bill Gates,for example,is someone who falls into this category.The products of Microsoft has stiffed into every people's every day life.Every who has access to a personal computer or internet are enjoying the intelligence of this individual.People read books about him,see news about him,many people set him as their role model to look up to.These people has estimable impact on our society,and in return,society,in many different ways,spread and amplify his impact on every individual in the society.In conclusion,society and people can be seen as a family.It is hard to determine whether people's immediate situation or surroundings or society as whole has more impact on people's attitudes.As individuals,we should do whatever we can to make contributions to our society so that more and more people can benefit from the things that can change our lives.